(01-26-2015, 02:38 PM)Kage Wrote: Comparing grand company leaders to some guy who's just plain rich doesn't quite cut it. Godbert isn't the warrior of light. He's not an adventurer. He's chosen not to be. He chose to be a manly as fuck crafter. He can defend himself and his family. He can rightfully choose to not go to arms for people. It's his life.
Fault him all you want, he doesn't owe anyone squat.
I am reminded of this:
A Man Said to the Universe
By Stephen Crane
A man said to the universe:
“Sir, I exist!â€
“However,†replied the universe,
“The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation.â€
But that works both ways. Godbert owes us nothing.... but we don't owe him a lick of praise, either. As long as he doesn't care, then all is in balance.
My only other comment would be vetoed because I am apparently the only person here who hates the #$^@#$% Manderville Dance, but I don't owe it squat for acknowledgement, either.
EDIT: The Mandervilles are pretty much the Tom Bombadils of Eorzea.
"But in the laugh there was another voice. A clearer laugh, an ironic laugh. A laugh which laughs because it chooses not to weep."
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